It is amazing how food evokes such a “visceral reaction” from us: from books about how we eat (writen by overeducated white females) to advice on what to eat (from overeducated black females) to recipies on how to prepare things (from diabetic white females), it is laden with nuance, subtext and preconceived notions.

And then there is the economic side of food, which ranges from farm subsidies for agribusiness to tips for sub-minimum-wage waitstaff…